Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Syrian government says it has taken over control of al-Aqtan prison, a facility in the northeastern city of Raqqa housing a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Women and children seen inside al-Hol camp, amongst them some 6,200 women and children from around 40 nationalities, and including ...

Hundreds of IS members escaped a prison amid clashes between Syrian government forces and the SDF, the country's main Kurdish-led force.Here are the latest developments in Syria: Ceasefire talks held ...

Samir Ousman Alsheikh, a former Syrian prison chief, was found guilty of torture and immigration fraud charges, becoming the ...

Syrian government forces stand guard outside Al-Aqtan prison on the outskirts of Raqqa, northeastern Syria, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, as negotiations are underway between the Syrian government and the ...

Questions have emerged over the fate of thousands of Islamic State prisoners in northeastern Syria after government forces seized swaths of territory long controlled by Kurdish forces who had been ...

BEIRUT — Recent fighting between Syrian government forces and Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria got close to detention facilities where thousands of Islamic State group members are held. The U.S.

The former head of Syria's largest civil prison was found guilty of ordering the torture of inmates who refused his orders to ...

RAQQA, Syria -- A day after a sweeping deal was announced between the Syrian government and the country's main Kurdish-led force, the agreement appeared to be falling apart Monday. After new outbreaks ...

RAQQA, Syria(AP) — Syrian government forces took control Friday of a prison housing members of the Islamic State group in the north of the country, after hundreds of Kurdish fighters who were guarding ...